toenailed

Drove nails diagonally

Toenailed describes something fastened by driving a nail at an angle through one piece of wood into another—a carpentry technique for joining boards where a straight nail won't work: The stud was toenailed to the floor plate.

Also the past tense of toenail used as a verb: He toenailed the frame together.

carpentry

angled

Turned from perpendicular

framing · bracing · anchoring · securing · woodworking · joinery · stud · joist · sistering · blocking

accident

stubbed

Struck accidentally underfoot

struck · bumped · jammed · smashed · clumsy · mishap · misstep · stumble · barefoot · doorframe

injury

stubbed

Struck accidentally underfoot

trauma · wound · laceration · cut · scrape · inflammation · infection · bandage · antiseptic · tender

Opposites
nail driving angle/technique

toenailedscrewed

Secured with threads

glued · doweled · bolted · mortised · dovetailed

Phrases
Family

toenail, toenails, toenailing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G